It has been another fun year of shooting photos in Utah. I put together a few of my favorite images from 2014 below. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Wildlife biologist Steve Bates, left, checks for an ear tag on a bull bison while Bob Middlemas, right, tries to detract the animal and control its head at Antelope Island State Park on Monday, November 10, 2014. Most years, the large bulls are not rounded up with the rest of the herds due to their aggressive nature. This year, all of the animals were brought in so that genetic testing could be down in order to see if there are cattle genes mixed in with the herd.
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Narumol Khunsumrit and Chaimongkhon Sripatnet, from Thailand, spent the summer with Wat Dhammagunaram Buddhist Temple in Layton where they taught traditional dance and music classes. On Saturday, August 22, 2014, their students danced at the Summer Thai Food Fair at the temple.
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Art Holston Sr. bows his head as local pastors lead marchers in prayer at Ogden City Hall during a "Peace March" in solidarity with Michael Brown's family on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. Around 75 people took part in the march from New Zion Baptist Church to City Hall.
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Riders carry their bikes over a pair of barriers during the Utah Cyclocross State Championships at Mt. Ogden Golf Course on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Designed especially for poor weather, cyclocross races involve multiple laps on short courses filled with obstacles. At the state championships, riders had 45 minutes to an hour to try and complete as many laps as possible on the 1.7 mile course which included hurdles, a fence hoping and numerous sharp, slick turns.
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Kara Fierro kisses her husband Isaac Eaves after Fierro's first attempt at a difficult new move in their pole fitness class at Kairos Fitness in Ogden on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Fierro is battling cystic fibrosis, a deadly genetic disease that has been getting worse in recent years. "Sometimes I do feel hopeless and depressed, but exercise has really helped me a lot," says Fierro. During Fierro's recent hospital stays, she set up a pole and a hoop in her hospital room to help stay active and positive.
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Visitors explore the Ogden Exchange Building during a groundbreaking and open house on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Built in 1930, the building has set vacant since the 1970's, but new plans call for the art-deco structure to be the heart of a new business park.
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Nate Spencer swims laps during swim team practice at the Layton Surf and Swim in Layton, Utah on Sept. 5, 2014. Spencer lost the use of his arms when he was three. Now 13, Spencer has been swimming competitively for two years and also plays soccer and skis.
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Cody Vosler prepares the underside of the 119 steam engine for welding at Golden Spike National Historic Site on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Every fifteen years, the steam engines at the monument have to go through testing and extensive restoration.
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James Reeder finishes attaching his regalia ahead of the opening ceremonies at the 9th Annual Social Pow-Wow at Clearfield High School on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Reeder came down from Logan to dance along with his wife and son.
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An abandoned farmhouse appears during a brief break in a whiteout winter storm near Soda Springs, Idaho.
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Eric Chabot lets a young golden eagle flap its wings after attaching a solar transmitter to its back at a nest site in the West Desert on June 11, 2014. Biologists from HawkWatch International attached the devices as part of a project to track young eagle populations. After putting the 45 gram transmitter on, Chabot lets the eagle move its wings to make sure everything fits properly.
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Clouds over Chesler Park. Canyonlands National Park.
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Tyler Nelson, form Victor, Idaho, competes in the bareback riding during the final night of the Ogden Pioneers Day Rodeo on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
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Players from the Ruckus baseball team wait to bat during practice at the Club Heights baseball field in South Ogden on Saturday, July 26, 2014. The team is currently raising money to attend the Gil Hodges Little League World Series in New York at the start of August.
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Kylie Meyer from the University of Idaho holds a burrowing owl after measuring and banding the bird on Antelope Island on Tuesday, May, 27, 2014. Scientists spent several days examining the owls on the island and attaching radio collars as part of the Global Owl Project.
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Thousands of gathers met in the Uinta Mountains near Heber City for the annual Rainbow Family Gathering on Monday, June 30, 2014. At the start of the week, Forest Service officials estimated that around 4,000 people were at the gathering. The crowd is expected to reach 10-20,000 by the Fourth of July weekend.
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Bob Okazaki of Denver pauses at the frozen fall in Waterfall Canyon on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Just a few days after consistently freezing temperatures arrived in Northern Utah, the large waterfall is already frozen solid. Sunlight doesn't reach over the steep canyon walls for several months during the winter.
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